William G. Whiteley

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William Gustavus Whiteley (August 7, 1819 - April 23, 1886) was a United States Representative from Delaware. Born near Newark, Delaware, he attended Bullock's School at Wilmington and was graduated from Princeton College in 1838. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1841 and began practice in Wilmington. He was prothonotary of New Castle County from 1852 to 1856, and was elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-fifth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving from March 4, 1857 to March 3, 1861. While in Congress he was chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (Thirty-fifth Congress.) He was not a candidate for renomination in 1860 and was again prothonotary of New Castle County from 1862 to 1867.

Whiteley was mayor of Wilmington from 1875 to 1878 and was a member of a commission to settle fishery disputes between New Jersey and Delaware in 1877. He was census enumerator for Delaware in 1880, and was an associate judge of the superior court of Delaware from March 31, 1884 until his death in Wilmington. Interment was in Bridgeton Cemetery, Bridgeton, New Jersey.

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Preceded by Elisha D. Cullen	U.S. Representative from Delaware (at-large) March 4, 1857 – March 3, 1861	Succeeded by George P. Fisher

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